{"id":11885,"date":"2011-05-05T10:43:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:34:30","slug":"acg-cup-competition-delivers-real-life-experience-to-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/05\/acg-cup-competition-delivers-real-life-experience-to-graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"ACG Cup Competition delivers real-life experience to graduate students."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cProfessors and peers can be more forgiving—but not judges at a case competition,\u201d Julie Kwock<\/strong> said. \u201cIt\u2019s tough. It\u2019s stressful. But it\u2019s enormously beneficial to participate in such a real-world experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kwock and fellow graduate students Michelle Carter<\/strong> and Jose Mena <\/strong>represented the College of Business Administration of Florida International University (FIU) in the 2011 ACG Cup Competition conducted by the South Florida chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. It was FIU\u2019s third time in the competition, held in Ft. Lauderdale in March 2011 and won by the University of Miami.<\/p>\n

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Julie Kwock, Jose Mena and Michelle Carter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe case involved helping an investment firm decide whether to acquire a fictitious private company,\u201d said Kwock, working on an MBA and a Master of Science in Finance (MSF). \u201cOur team gave a \u2018yes\u2019 recommendation, and made our presentation to the panel of judges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chun-Hao Chang<\/strong>, chair of the Department of Finance and Real Estate, and Anneli Hilpinen<\/strong> <\/strong>(MBA \u201910, BBA \u201906), <\/strong>manager, Ernst & Young Student Learning Lab, organized FIU\u2019s ACG Cup participation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking on specialized finance-related cases enables students to learn more about a specific area of the business world,\u201d Hilpinen said. \u201cPresenting to six judges who interrupt, ask questions and engage the students allows the competitors to develop their business skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

The road to Ft. Lauderdale started in February on FIU\u2019s campus during an intramural ACG Cup Competition. Two teams vied for the chance to represent the school. In addition to Chang, finance faculty member Edward Lawrence<\/strong> and Kevin Gordon, president of Catalyst Financial, LLC, served as judges for this round.<\/p>\n

Life-altering event? Could be. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to network and learn from investment banking and private equity professionals was the most rewarding aspect of participating,\u201d said Mena, an MBA student.<\/p>\n

For Carter, working on an MSF, her involvement may prove to be a life-changing experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition exposed me to a side of the finance industry I have never seen,\u201d she said. \u201cIn fact, I\u2019m now considering investment banking as a career path.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cProfessors and peers can be more forgiving—but not judges at a case competition,\u201d Julie Kwock said. \u201cIt\u2019s tough. It\u2019s stressful. But it\u2019s enormously beneficial to participate in such a real-world experience.\u201d Kwock and fellow graduate students Michelle Carter and Jose Mena represented the College of Business Administration of Florida International University (FIU) in the 2011 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[147,434,619,723,1808,1952],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23738,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885\/revisions\/23738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}